单词 | to put in work |
释义 | > as lemmasto put (also set) in work (b) to put (also set) in work: †(a) to make use of (obsolete); (b) to put in operation; = to put (also set) to work at Phrases 1f(a) (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] noteOE take?a1160 turnc1175 usec1300 to fare witha1340 benote1340 spenda1400 usea1400 weara1400 naitc1400 occupy1423 to put (also set) in work?a1425 practise?c1430 apply1439 employ?1473 to call upon ——1477 help1489 tew1489 handle1509 exercise1526 improvea1529 serve1538 feed1540 enure1549 to make (also take) (a) use of1579 wield1601 adoperate1612 to avail oneself ofa1616 to avail oneself ofa1616 prevail1617 to make practice of1623 ploy1675 occasion1698 to call on ——1721 subserve1811 nuse1851 utilize1860 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate to put (also set) to worka1398 to put on work?1440 streek?a1500 setc1500 to put (also set) in (also into) motion1598 spring1598 to set offa1625 to put (also set) in work1626 to set (a-)going1705 start1822 to start up1865 to set in motion1890 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 192 In that contree..men putten in werke the sede of cotoun. 1546 S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles f. lxixv Man can not playe goddes parte, and of him selfe put in worke, the material cause of vertue. 1626 C. Potter tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Quarrels 100 The Iesuites..put in worke all their artifices. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. viii. 41 For his Gloves were put in work sixteen Otters skins,..for the bordering of them. 1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. i. 86 All the Carvers and Ingravers of any reputation were set in work. 1798 J. H. Stone Orig. Lett. to Dr. Priestley 14 The government here are putting in work every engine, attempting to engage every passion, to enlist every prejudice. 1864 Mining & Smelting Mag. 6 261 The roasting in open heaps is at present carried on at the Eckardthütte.., until the sulphuric acid manufactory is put in work. 1921 Motor Boating Sept. 18/2 The interior furnishings..were put in work long before Nourmahal was launched. 1934 Economist 11 Aug. 262/1 The Peace Treaties contained a clause automatically setting it in work for all signatories. < as lemmas |
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